Loie Fuller Tribute
YES! Dance Festival 2025

This project was presented as a recreation of a costume from one of the performer's past performances. Loie Fuller was was an eighteenth century trailblazer in dance and theatrical lighting design. The concept was to create a large, blank, ever-flowing canvas to emphasize the lighting on the stage, while moving as continuously as the music. After analyzing images of the previous costume, pictured above, and video of the performance, I planned my recreation. After making a 1/12 scale mockup, I created my final pattern at a 1/12 scale. The costume includes 10 yards of fabric, gathered to a coutil yoke, channels to hold the 4' dowel rod extensions, creating a flowing winged effect. The pattern was cut from 10mm Silk Habotai and took a total of 18 hours to drape, pattern, and construct.​